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Last of a five-part series. John Humphrys talks to successful people who have weathered major storms in their careers. George Davies - who turned Next into one of the biggest successes in British retailing before becoming the victim of a boardroom coup. Producer BRIAN KING BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Talks:
John Humphrys
Unknown:
George Davies

Serial: Silas Marner (11) by GEORGE ELIOT abridged in 11 episodes by JACK SINGLETON.
Read by David Threlfall Producer PAT MCLOUGHLIN (Music: Chadwick's Second Symphony)
Presenter Jenni Murray

Contributors

Unknown:
George Eliot
Unknown:
Jack Singleton.
Read By:
David Threlfall
Producer:
Pat McLoughlin
Presenter:
Jenni Murray

by SUE ASHBY, with Joan Campion as Rose.
It's local election time and Rose, a councillor's wife, falls into her usual routine of supporting her husband.
But resentments that have festered over the years suddenly erupt....
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Campion
Directed By:
Kay Patrick
Young Rose:
Diane Whitley
Walter:
Christopher Wilkinson
Doris/Mother:
Ann Rye
Young Doris:
Sharon Muircroft
Councillor Sims/Man:
Rodney Litchfield
Councillor Ainsworth/ Doctor ...:
James Tomlinson

Three programmes about a record-breaking hold on power.
1: The First Target
Did the unions stand a chance of beating
Mrs Thatcher ? Was their decline inevitable or did they make avoidable mistakes? With the Cabinet ministers and trade union leaders involved, BBC Political Correspondent Nicholas Jones assesses one of the Prime Minister's most radical changes in the fabric of the nation.
Producer JOLYON MONSON
0 See panel, left

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Thatcher
Unknown:
Nicholas Jones
Producer:
Jolyon Monson

The Programme with Listener Power.
With Felicity Goodey and Eric Robson.
Produced by the PUNTERS team
41 WRITE TO: Punters, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR or phone Bristol (0272) [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Felicity Goodey
Unknown:
Eric Robson.

True Stories: Talking Heads
The second of six programmes in which members of the Radio 4 Generation talk about how their lives have changed since the project began.
This week, two women for whom the church is an important part of their lives - Melanie Brown and Julie Oliver.
Producers PAUL KObRAK and DAVY SIMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Melanie Brown
Unknown:
Julie Oliver.
Unknown:
Davy Sims

Aspects of Love sings its way on to the stage of the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, tonight:
Andrew Lloyd Webber waits in the wings, and the Kaleidoscope reviewer sprints back to the studio. Meanwhile, in another part of London, Caryl Churchill's play Ice Cream dissects an Anglo-
American love affair.
Presenter Nigel Andrews. Producer JULIAN MAY. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Presenter:
Nigel Andrews.

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